Looking beyond enrollment: The causal effect of need-based grants on college access, persistence, and graduation

Journal of Labor Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1023-1073

  Castleman, Benjamin L ^a   Long, Bridget Terry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84987605379     PISSN: 0734306X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/686643     Document Type: Article

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